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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kathy unable to speak when she wakes up in the hospital?
(a) She damaged her throat from too much smoking.
(b) She's suffering from traumatic stress.
(c) Her throat was damaged when Behrani choked her.
(d) Her lawyer has advised her not to talk.

2. Why does the guard advise Lester not to reveal his occupation?
(a) The other prisoners might make fun of him.
(b) The guards might be harder on him.
(c) It could increase his sentence.
(d) The other prisoners don't think well of cops.

3. How much bail will Lester have to pay to get out of jail?
(a) There is no bail for kidnappers.
(b) $250,000.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $100,000.

4. Why is Nadereh angry that her husband was a high officer in the shah's army?
(a) Because it has made him proud.
(b) Because it has made him cruel to his family.
(c) Because their names are on an Iranian death list.
(d) Because now their lives feel impoverished.

5. What does Esmail not know about Lester's gun?
(a) That the safety is on.
(b) How to fire it.
(c) That it isn't loaded.
(d) That it is loaded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deputy Gleason come to tell Lester when he sees him on the street with Behrani and Esmail?

2. What does Kathy do to make things better at the house while she waits for Lester?

3. Why does Kathy think the police will come looking for her now that she has returned to the house?

4. What does Lester try to convince Kathy to do now that they have held the Behrani family overnight?

5. What does Kathy think her mother will do when she finds out what has happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Lester believes Behrani's story, he becomes angry again when Behrani describes Kathy as "drunk." Behrani is angry at Lester when he sees him studying his photo with the shah. How are these two moments similar?

2. What is Connie Walsh's planned defense for Kathy?

3. Who does Lester want to call from jail and what does he plan to say?

4. Which of the Behranis takes responsibility for saving Kathy when they find her after she took the pills?

5. Why does Kathy go sit in the car to wait for Lester to return? Why doesn't she stay inside the house?

6. Why is Kathy's judgment so confused as she drives to the house and parks in the driveway?

7. Behrani says that he sometimes believes he is being punished. What does he think he is being punished for, and how is this similar to Kathy's feelings?

8. Why does Lester feel that his anger, which is leaving him in the Behrani house, is something precious that he needs?

9. Nadereh berates Behrani while he repairs her mother's table, but he lets her insults "pass over like training jets with no ammunition." Why doesn't he respond to her tirade, and what does she finally say that causes him to enter the argument?

10. How do Behrani's feelings change when he finds Kathy in the car in his driveway?

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